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Re: JG53 Markings during The Battle of Britain
Indeed it seems there was some sort of conflict with von Cramon in mind, and the whole story looks unreal. Pikas was renamed Rotring and got new markings, IIRC in August or even July 1940, then Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke, when became GrK III/JG53, he ordered to overpaint swastikas in his Gruppe. Events returned to the norm, when von Cramon left the unit - JG53 got Pikas again and swastikas reappeared.
Reasons of the conflict are unknown, at least to me, and the whole story looks rather childish and unserious.
Regarding Hempel's aircraft, it had swastika and unless it was a new aircraft, it should have Rotring. Anybody knows, where are the remains at present? Any colour photos?
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